Atlético de Madrid of Spain beat 2-1 PSG from France with goals from the Argentines Nahuel Molina y Angel Correa in the Parc des Princes for the fourth date of the Champions League.
French midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery opened the scoring 14 minutes into the first half, after a turnover by Clément Lenglet in his own area. The tying goal came from Molina, who took advantage of a rebound from Ecuadorian William Joel Pacho Tenorio to then make it 1-1.
Goalkeeper Jan Oblak was a figure in the “Colchonero” team since, in the second half, he was key to maintaining the tie.
Correa dressed as a hero, since in the extra minutes he hooked in the area and finished to give Atlético de Madrid the victory.
With these three points, those led by the Argentine Diego Simeone They entered the qualification zone for the Playoffs by finishing in twenty-third place with six points.
Aston Villa of England lost 1-0 to Bruges of Belgium in a match that was decided after an unusual play.
The only goal of the match came from a penalty kick by offensive midfielder Hans Vanaken. Emiliano Martínez He put in a great performance in goal, but it was overshadowed by the conversion from twelve steps.
At 7 minutes of the complement, the main referee, Tobias Stieler, awarded a penalty in favor of Brugge because the central marker Tyrone Mings grabbed the ball with his hand on the baseline kick, believing that the ball was not in play.
“Dibu” was surprised by Stieler’s determination and had to position himself to save the shot from twelve steps. Vanaken made a precise execution and scored the goal that gave his team the victory.
With this defeat, the England team remained in fifth place in the Champions League table, with nine points.
Inter Milan, with the Argentine Lautaro Martínez as a starter, he beat Arsenal of England 1-0.
The only goal of the match came in the extra minutes of the first half, when Turkish midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu scored, in the last minute, the only goal of the match from a penalty after a handball by Spaniard Mikel Merino.
In this way, Inter remains in the qualifying positions for the round of 16 of the competition with 10 points, remaining in fifth place.
Barcelona of Spain beat Red Star of Serbia 5-2. The conversions of the “Culés” came due to the good definitions of Íñigo Martínez, Robert Lewandowski, on two occasions, Raphinha and Fermín López Marín. The two goals for the “Rojiblancos” were scored by Silas and Felicio Milson.
In the first half of the match, the Spanish giants demonstrated their dominance on the pitch and scored two goals – one from Martínez and the other from Lewandowski.
In the second half of the match, the “Azulgrana” continued with its great performance in attack and scored the three goals – another from Lewandowski, Raphinha and Fermín López Marín – that expanded their lead on the scoreboard.
With this shocking victory, the team led by Hansi Flick was placed in sixth place on the grid, with 9 points. One position above Borussia Dortmund, and one step below Inter.
Benfica of Portugal, with Nicolas Otamendi as captain and Angel Di Maria Entering the second half, they could not beat Bayer Munich of Germany and fell 1-0.
“The Bavarian giant” achieved victory thanks to the goal of midfielder Jamal Musiala, which came after a cross from the right that Harry Kane headed at the far post, which gave way for Musiala, with a header, to complete the play.
With the victory, Vincent Kompany’s team added six points and entered the qualification positions for the Preliminary Round, placing itself in seventeenth place.
Atalanta of Italy achieved a great victory as a visitor after beating Stuttgart of Germany 2-0.
The two goals from the Italian team came from the precise definitions of forward Ademola Lookman and attacking midfielder Nicolò Zaniolo.
With this victory, the team led by the Italian technical director Gian Piero Gasperini was placed in ninth place on the grid, with eight units.
The other results of the day were: Shakhtar 2-1 Young Boys, Feyenoord 1-3 Salzburg and Sparta Prague 1-2 Brest.
